Etymology

bloodborne

B3L1O1O1D2B3O1R1N1E1

Today it means: Usually of a pathogen: carried in the bloodstream and other body fluids. Full definition →

English borne ← Middle English boren /iborne ← Old English (ġe)boren
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₃-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*blōþą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*blōd
  4. Old Englishblōd
  5. Middle Englishblood
  6. Englishblood
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  9. Proto-Germanic*beraną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*beran
  11. Old Englishberan
  12. Old English(ġe)boren
  13. Middle Englishboren /iborne
  14. Englishborne
  15. English todaybloodborne

From blood + -borne.

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